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Nursing Homes Have Thousands of Ventilators that Hospitals Desperately Need

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Kaiser Health News (April 7) Nursing Homes Have Thousands of Ventilators that Hospitals Desperately Need As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache ― about 8,200 of the lifesaving machines, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Most of the machines are in use, often by people who’ve suffered a brain injury or stroke. Some of those residents are in a vegetative state and have remained on a ventilator for years.

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